| 1 | 刑法 | 刑法 | xíng fǎ | xing2 fa3 | criminal law | | |
| 2 | 刑事 | 刑事 | xíng shì | xing2 shi4 | criminal; penal | | |
| 3 | 刑罚 | 刑罰 | xíng fá | xing2 fa2 | sentence; penalty; punishment | | |
| 4 | 死刑 | 死刑 | sǐ xíng | si3 xing2 | death penalty | | |
| 5 | 刑 | 刑 | xíng | Xing2 | punishment; penalty; sentence; torture; corporal punishment; surname Xing | | |
| 6 | 有期徒刑 | 有期徒刑 | yǒu qī tú xíng | you3 qi1 tu2 xing2 | limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment) | | |
| 7 | 上刑 | 上刑 | shàng xíng | shang4 xing2 | severe punishment; worst punishment; to torture | | |
| 8 | 刑事犯罪 | 刑事犯罪 | xíng shì fàn zuì | xing2 shi4 fan4 zui4 | criminal offense | | |
| 9 | 刑侦 | 刑偵 | xíng zhēn | xing2 zhen1 | criminal investigation | | |
| 10 | 自由刑 | 自由刑 | zì yóu xíng | zi4 you2 xing2 | (law) deprivation of freedom | | |
| 11 | 酷刑 | 酷刑 | kù xíng | ku4 xing2 | cruelty; torture | | |
| 12 | 绞刑架 | 絞刑架 | jiǎo xíng jià | jiao3 xing2 jia4 | gibbet; hanging post | | |
| 13 | 绞刑 | 絞刑 | jiǎo xíng | jiao3 xing2 | to execute by hanging | | |
| 14 | 减刑 | 減刑 | jiǎn xíng | jian3 xing2 | to reduce penalty; shortened or commuted (judicial) sentence | | |
| 15 | 酷刑折磨 | 酷刑折磨 | kù xíng zhé mó | ku4 xing2 zhe2 mo2 | torture and cruel treatment | | |
| 16 | 滥刑 | 濫刑 | làn xíng | lan4 xing2 | indiscriminate punishment | | |
| 17 | 缓刑 | 緩刑 | huǎn xíng | huan3 xing2 | suspended sentence; probation | | |
| 18 | 国际刑事警察组织 | 國際刑事警察組織 | guó jì xíng shì jǐng chá zǔ zhī | Guo2 ji4 Xing2 shi4 Jing3 cha2 Zu3 zhi1 | International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) | | |
| 19 | 国际刑警组织 | 國際刑警組織 | guó jì xíng jǐng zǔ zhī | Guo2 ji4 Xing2 jing3 Zu3 zhi1 | Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization) | | |
| 20 | 宫刑 | 宮刑 | gōng xíng | gong1 xing2 | castration (archaic punishment) | | |
| 21 | 服刑 | 服刑 | fú xíng | fu2 xing2 | to serve a prison sentence | | |
| 22 | 反酷刑折磨公约 | 反酷刑折磨公約 | fǎn kù xíng zhé mó gōng yuē | fan3 ku4 xing2 zhe2 mo2 gong1 yue1 | UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988) | | |
| 23 | 定刑 | 定刑 | dìng xíng | ding4 xing2 | to sentence (a criminal) | | |
| 24 | 电刑 | 電刑 | diàn xíng | dian4 xing2 | to torture sb using electricity; electrocution (capital punishment) | | |
| 25 | 笞刑 | 笞刑 | chī xíng | chi1 xing2 | whipping with bamboo strips (as corporal punishment) | | |